Ah. I took it to be less "sama did it, so it's OK," and more "you wouldn't gatekeep sama's English, so why gatekeep the English of a random HN commenter?" But

Ah. I took it to be less "sama did it, so it's OK," and more "you wouldn't gatekeep sama's English, so why gatekeep the English of a random HN commenter?" But maybe that was the wrong interpretation.